To save data into an array according 2 labels

[Amaloa K]

I need to save the Data into an ARRAY.

And I need to save it according 2 labels: GROUP name and ELEMENT name.

Suppose that I have following:

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1. Several GROUPS of Data like this:

    ER-1234

    ER-3245

    ER-4786

    ER-9080

2. Each GROUP has the following ELEMENTS:

    A, Bi, Pb, Sn, Sn, Cr, Ni, Ca, ...., Al

   So it would be like

    ER-1234: A, Bi, Pb, Sn, Sn, Cr, Ni, Ca, ...., Al

    ER-3245: A, Bi, Pb, Sn, Sn, Cr, Ni, Ca, ...., Al

    ER-4786: A, Bi, Pb, Sn, Sn, Cr, Ni, Ca, ...., Al

    ER-9080: A, Bi, Pb, Sn, Sn, Cr, Ni, Ca, ...., Al

 3. An each ELEMENT has DATA that I need to save, BUT! that I need to be able to get it by specifying the group and the element.

    A:

         2,3   2,4    2, 8,   2,8 

         2,2   2,3    2, 7,   2,6

         2,1   2,6    2, 6,   2,7 

         2,5   2,4    2, 5,   2,3

How can I save the ELEMENT "A" Data with the label of the GROUP and the ELEMENT into an array?

I will need to be able to get the DATA again when specifying the Group and the Element.

Thanks for the help!

Best regards,

Amaloa.

[Jorge_Amaral]

Hello,

If I understood correctly, you just want a 2D array for storing your data and two index for the row and column. See the attached example.

[StevenD]

Have you looked into making your group and elements into Type-Def. enums. If you do that then you can use an enum with the Group and Element name to index a 2d array.

For example, the Group would be an Enum like:

0       ER-1234

1       ER-3245

2       ER-4786

3       ER-9080

and the Elements
0      A
1      Bi, etc

Then to index Group ER-3245, Element A would be index row 1, column 0.

And if you need to save an array as the data, you can make a cluster of numbers, then make an array of clusters.

[Amaloa K]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply.

Could you please show me how to do and use an "Type-Def. enums"?

I tried to find an example, But! I did not succeed.

Note: The solution to my problem would be to use the Type-Def enums as you wrote before.

Thanks again for the help!!!

As.

[Amaloa K]

Jorge, thanks for your feedback. The .vi you sent helped.

Steven, I will wait for your feedback.

Thanks!

As.

[StevenD]

A type-def. is just a custom control. From most LabView windows select File > New >  Then select custom custom control, under Other Files (in 8.5) Put an Enum on the Front panel, edit the entries to what you want, make sure "Type-Def" is selected from the drop down menu on the toolbar and save the file as a .ctl. You can then place the custom Enum as a control, constant or display in other VI's by selecting "Select a VI" or "Select a Control" from the functions palette, then navigating to your custom control.

Hope this helps.